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HCM City Football Club is willing to spend USD1 million on a two-year contract for Vietnamese American midfielder Lee Nguyen.

The upcoming ISSF World Cup in India is the last chance for Vietnamese shooters to earn spots in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Organisers said Monday they are cancelling the amateur portion of the Tokyo marathon, affecting around 38,000 runners, on fears about the spread of the new coronavirus in Japan.

Hanoi is hastening the construction of a racetrack to host the country’s first F1 Grand Prix in April 2020.

The Football Federation of Australia (FFA) have made an announcement regarding the venue of the play-off match for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics between the Vietnamese national women’s football team and their Australian rivals.

The Vietnamese women’s football team are to play Australia in a play-off match for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on March 6 following Australia’s 1-1 draw against China on February 13.

The media accreditation process for the 2020 Formula 1 VinFast Vietnam Grand Prix began on February 12.

Vietnam has set itself a target of 20 berths at the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, said the Vietnam Sports Administration on February 10.

LS Holdings of the Republic of Korea, a manufacturer of electrical equipment, electronics, energy, and other materials, is to become a major sponsor for the nation’s professional football leagues ahead in 2020.

Vietnam’s newest carrier Bamboo Airways will become the main sponsor of the 2020 national football cup.

The national football tournaments in 2020 will be rescheduled amid the complicated developments of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV), according to a statement issued by the Vietnam Professional Football JSC (VPF) on February 4.

Vietnam will take part in the Asian Mountain Bike Continental Championships in Chiangrai Province, Thailand on February 1-5.

Vietnamese athlete Hoang Thi Duyen has achieved success at the 2020 Roma Weightlifting World Cup in Italy by winning three gold medals.

On his debut at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games arena last year, 16-year-old Tran Hung Nguyen stunned everyone by overcoming many tough competitors to seize two gold medals and break one record, thus declaring himself as the most promising

Vietnam badminton legend Nguyễn Tiến Minh is targeting a spot at the Tokyo Olympics, hoping to make it his fourth appearance at the games.

Nguyen Quang Hai and Doan Van Hau (both of V.League champions Hanoi FC) have been named within the final five-man shortlist for the 2019 Vietnam Golden Ball men’s award, as recently announced by the organising committee.

South Korean coach Park Hang Seo will return to Vietnam to train the Vietnamese male national football squad after the Lunar New Year or Tet Holiday.

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Vietnam lost to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) 1-2 in their last group game on January 16, thus out of the ongoing 2020 AFC U23 Championship.